Attachment for shoes



D. CALO ATTACHMENT FOR SHOES Oct. 29, 1929.

Filed Aug. 18. 192

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Patented Oct. 29, 1929 i 1,733,see=

DOMENIG GALO, OF ST. ALBANS, VERMONT ATTACHMENT FOR SHOES AppIication filed August 18, 1927. Serial No/213,757.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in an attachment for shoes and has for its principal object the provision of a device adapted to be attached to the shoe 5 in such a manner as to protect the'upper during repairing of the shoe, the attachment being primarily intended for use in connection with a repairing process wherein a sole is connected to the upper by cement or the like, the sole being pressed into tight engagement with the upper by a suitable machine or tool adapted for the purpose.

Another object of the invention consists in the provision of a device of the character described whichmay be readily shaped around the edge of the shoe and held in the desired position during the repairing operation and then removed.

With the above and other objects in view, 2 which will appear as the description proceeds, my invention consists in the novel details of construction, and arrangement of parts, described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and while I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of the invention, as they now appear to me, it will be understood that such changes may be made v as will fall within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation showing my attachment in position upon a shoe.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan showing the attachment in position. I

Fig. 3 is a plan showing the blank from which the attachment is formed; and

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 44 of Fig. 1.

In the repairing of shoes there is one process in use wherein the sole is connected to the upper by cement or similar material and the sole is pressed into tight engagement with the upper by means of a suitable machine or tool. It has been found by experience that the cement or other material will be pressed from between the sole and upper, around the edges thereof, and will engage the upper above the sole to disfigure the same. My attachment is adapted to prevent this disfigur- 50 ing of the upper.

In the drawings 1' indicates the upper of the shoe, 2 the heel, 3 .the inner sole, 4 the inner lining, and 5'the outer sole adapted to be secured to the inner sole 3 andupper by cement or the like. As shown more particularly in Fig. 4 of the drawings the lower edge of the upper is folded under the edge of the inner sole 3 and is secured. thereto by means of the stitching 6. While primarily intendedfor repairing shoes it'will be 1111- derstood that my attachment might be used when the shoe is first manufactured and while in the drawings the sole 5 isillus-f ,trated as'a repair sole it will be understood 7 that it might equally aswell be the original sole. v v f My improved formof attachment ismade of tin or other similar readily flexiblejmaterial and is of theishape more particularly illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings consisting of the relatively narrow central portion 7 having the somewhat wider end portions 8 with the. projections 9 extending laterally from one edge at the endsfFormed on the edge of th'e' strip between the projections 9,' 75

are the teeth 10 and formed inthe stripadj acent each end thereofis an opening 11-for" a purpose to be later described. Perfora -f tions 12 are formed in the strip, intermediate the perforations 11, for a purpos'etobe later so described.- l From the above it'is thought that the de tailed construction of my attachment will be clearly understood. As statedthe attachment is of tin or similar flexibleinaterial and s5 when the same is to be used it is shaped around the edge of theiupper as shown 'more particularly in Fig. ".1 of the drawings and the edge having the teeth 10 is bent to engage under the edge of the upper as shown more particularly in Fig. 4c of the. drawings. When a the sole 5 is placed in-position it will engage beneaththeinturned edge of the attachment and aid in holding the attachment in position. When pressure is applied to attach the sole to the upper any surplus of the cement which may be squeezed from between the sole and upper will be prevented from contacting wlth the upper to disfigure the same. The

surplus of cement or the like will be squeezed 10b 7' towards theedge of the sole and to the outer face of the attachment. The end portions having the projections? are bent under the shank of the shoe as shown more particularly in Fig. 2 of the drawings and secured in position by means of the nails 13 or similar attaching devices, which pass through the perforations 11. If desired tacks or similar attaching members may be passed through the I i 30 perforations 12 for securing the attachment v to the upper, although these perforations may not be always necessary.

After the cement has sufliciently set so that there is no danger of any engaging with the 15 upper of the shoe their the attachment is removed. It will be seen that the attachment may be readily 'shapedaround the shoe and for this reason may be used with shoes of different shapes or sizes. The widened end 2Q portions of the strip cover a greater surface f of theupper adjacent the shank of theshoe giving a greater'amount of protection to the up er at these points,

aving fully described my invention what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is: I 1. A device of the character described adapted tobeused in the repairing of shoes consisting of a strip of material having a relatively narrow central portion and widened end portions, the stripfbeing' adapted to be shaped around the shoe upper, teeth formed on one edge of the strip, said toothed edge being bent to provide a flange to be en fv gaged between the upper and sole, and a projection formed on each widened end portion and adapted to beengagedbeneath the shank roftheshoef f f 3 -V 2 A device of the character described adapted to. beconnected to a shoe or removed therefrom as a unitary device consisting of a stripof readily'flexible material adapted to be shaped around the shoe upper, teeth formed on one edge of the strip, said toothed 4 f edge being bentto provide a continuous flange to be engaged betweenthe sole and upper,

and a projection on each end of the strip adapted to be engaged beneath the, shank of the shoe. 7 V I i Q 3. A device. of the character described adapted to be used in the repairing 'ofshoes consisting of a strip of readily flexible material adaptedtobe shaped around the shoe upper and bent to provide ,a flange to engage 5 between theupper and sole and end portions to'be engaged beneath the shank o f the shoe.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix' my signature.

CALO. 

